The 15th century BC
22 sourced entries across 15 documented years, grouped into 0 decades. A century here runs 1900–1999 rather than 1901–2000, so its decades sit inside it exactly.
Decades
A few of the years
- 1497 BCE1497 BC—Cranaus, legendary King of Athens, is deposed after a reign of 10 years by his son-in-law Amphictyon of Thessaly, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
- 1493 BCE1493 BC—Thutmose I (Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt) died.
- 1492 BCEc. 1492 BC—Thutmose I dies (other date is 1493 BC).
- 1491 BCE1491 BC—According to James Ussher's chronology, this is when Moses led the Hebrews from Egypt. This was called the Exodus.
- 1487 BCE1487 BC—Amphictyon, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 10 years and is succeeded by Erichthonius I of Athens, a grandson of Cranaus.
- 1481 BCE1481 BC—August 27—Lunar Saros 43 begins.
- 1473 BCEc. 1473 BC—Hatshepsut (18th Dynasty) started to rule. She is a daughter of Thutmose I. Married to her half brother Thutmose II.
- 1469 BCEc. 1469 BC—In the Battle of Megiddo, Egypt defeats Canaan. It is the first battle recorded in history.